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Thread #114168   Message #2434085
Posted By: katlaughing
08-Sep-08 - 10:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Break the law-separation of church & state
Subject: BS: Break the law-separation of church & sta
There is what looks like a concerted, well-planned action which is scheduled for this month whose proponents hope will force the Supreme Court to overturn a law from 1954 which prohibits ministers from preaching political rhetoric from the pulpits. (I thought they already did this, but maybe not actually from the pulpit.) Anyway, here's more:

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 8, 2008; Page A03

CHICAGO -- Declaring that clergy have a constitutional right to endorse political candidates from their pulpits, the socially conservative Alliance Defense Fund is recruiting several dozen pastors to do just that on Sept. 28, in defiance of Internal Revenue Service rules.
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